The First Baptist Church in Lavonia (where my father was pastor from 1978 to 1995) sponsors a dinner and meeting once a week for the Celebrate Recovery program. I volunteered to create cheese platters for the dinners and here are pictures of a few of them. My thanks to Ludwig Farmstead Cheeses, Sartori Cheese, Sierra Nevada

It’s still 10 days to Christmas which means there are 8 days left to order specialty cheeses from Murray’s, New York’s oldest and most famous Cheese Shop. As many of you know, I worked for Kroger, opening 75+ Murray’s Cheese Shops throughout the US. It was quite an amazing gig and I thank Rob, Nathan

Summer garden bounty is in full swing here in Northeast Georgia. My herbs are growing like weeds and I have been harvesting and drying them for the winter. I have become addicted to iced mint tea. In addition, Caprese sandwiches have been on the menu several times a week using our fresh basil, fresh CSA